The Path to RailBlazer [FULL DOCUMENTARY]

[@AirtimeThrills]

Such a great addition to the park

[@sushiyamaster989]

Get your own KZbin channel buddy!

[@thecoasterplace2574]

O my gosh you should definitely stick to your channel

[@paraskep5080]

i agree

[@chrisgardiner2215]

Yeah but I wished that CGA would receive a SKYRUSH clone...

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@sushiyamaster989 he definitely doesn't have one, that's for sure Keepo

[@ZoniesCoasters]

I like how when it comes to these coasters the animations are slower than the real thing. they're INSANE.

[@ridewithace]

Now that is a great observation, and TOTALLY true. Not a common trait to see - these suckers are blazing fast.

[@mintybluej]

Colin Walker instead of planet coaster, no limits 2 is better

[@JohnDoe-zq1ho]

Bluejaytnt101 so many people mention Planet Coaster but don’t realize it’s more of an arcade game. No idea why companies don’t utilize NoLimits. Not sure if their tenders are just that: renders, or an actual simulation of what it could potentially be like.

[@mintybluej]

John Doe yea, I’ve always wondered too...

[@bleeve9425]

@@JohnDoe-zq1ho It takes a lot of experience and effort to make anything presentable in NL2.

[@disneywiz6840]

This is great! You guys should do an Intamin, B&M, or maybe a RMC documentary. I just thought the arrow doc was SOOOoOOO good, I want to see either a ^^^ doc. That would be great!

[@mannybothans2161]

Thank you so much for this documentary! RailBlazer is my favorite coaster, and I just got certified to work as a ride operator there! It’s wonderful that California’s Great America has had the opportunity to spearhead this exciting innovation.

[@crooked-halo]

So, does Railblazer have lots of down time like Wonder Woman has had since opening?

[@thisismerica5721]

I think these single rail coasters are the coolest looking coasters built to date.

[@realestateunplugged6129]

RMC has made a NAME for itself. I think RMC is the premier Coaster manufacturer in the world. Disney should talk with these guys!!

[@sushiyamaster989]

I hope Disney keeps there greasy fingers off them.

[@realestateunplugged6129]

W Young - Lol. I'm a fan of the real estate and the creative work they do, but I can respect your concern. Not to make excuses for Dis but like every industry, they've been pretty much forced to sell out to China in atleast some ways. We haven't protected our own.

[@TheJustgetitdone330]

Especially when they're two completely different styles of coasters.

[@chris_allupinya5613]

RMC makes THRILL rides. Something like this wouldn't pop up at Disney. Imo. Not family oriented.

[@prakesh2904]

No way. Universal would do them justice but not Disney.

[@MaNiCgAbE]

I rode RailBlazer 5 times during Winterfest. The line was longer for Phyco Mouse oddly enough. Thanks for the great documentary on my home park. Make CGA great again.

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

The next coaster is supposedly supposed to be the rumored hyper coaster.

[@StamfordBridge]

Ooh! An ACE doc! Always something to enjoy. Looking forward ...

[@CourageousCoasters]

This is a great documentary! I love this ride. Great job, ACE! :)

[@ridewithace]

Thank you! We really enjoy the ride, too.

[@obsessedwithlin8455]

I love these documentaries!

[@kworkshop]

I feel so grateful to live 20 minutes from this park! I was blown away riding RailBlazer for the first time, and it's great seeing my home park grow. This and a hyper in the future would bring a solid lineup. Lines might grow and things might get busier as the park expands, which is sad, but definitely worth the new coasters!

[@MattKillionMedia]

Amazing documentary!!!!!!! Congratulations to CGA on this awesome ride and to everyone who helped out with the production of the documentary

[@darkfalcon5004]

Terrific Documentary! Railblazer is my number 1 bucket list coaster I have left to ride in California and I can’t wait to ride it!

[@novai6554]

Really enjoyed this one

[@jarretstroud1842]

Amazing Documentary!

[@TOml0l3times]

I love this ride! I have ridden it over 5 times!

[@gabeclimbs4498]

It looks really fun

[@kworkshop]

I’ve now ridden this beast 22 times, and I’ve gotten some incredible night rides recently. Seeing the Bay Area all lit up from the top of the lift hill is something else…

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

Absolutley amazing thank you for shereing this history.

[@Btvstudio]

Anyone remember the Skywhirl 7:23 in Beverly Hills Cop III? That was the only time I've seen that ride before this.

[@nathanlopez5667]

Yes I do very well it operated from 1976 to 1997 it was removed to make way for the 1998 coaster invertigo

[@0ranger]

I love this coaster

[@jarretstroud1842]

I have no words to describe how amazing your documentarys are!!!!!

[@ridewithace]

Thank you, Jaret!

[@askjeevescosby2928]

15 year plan. Year 1: Build new coaster Year 3 : close park.

[@ignorantFid]

Looks super intense. I saw a POV video and I had to research it because I thought the footage was sped up (turns out it wasn't). Love the efficient lightweight track & trains.

[@godkeebler]

Back when CA Great America was loved❤ 🎉 Before it was sold for its 30 pieces of silver. 😢 This park is so much better than six flags discovery kingdom, which used to be Marine World a formally innovative zoo park and marine park combination without the ewww of SeaWorld. Six flag has let the zoo element slide. They added amusement park rides to make Six Flags. The Rollercoasters there still feel like a parking lot with rides. The zoo elements have deteriorated to an afterthought. I can't remember the last time I heard that park heralded for it conservatory work, which it used to regularly awarded. Great America is a theme park. I have heard nobody in the Bay Area say Great America was past its prime. It is beloved by many, and sold out by its caretakers. Railblazer is an excellent coaster.

[@greyrose5149]

That 3 armed Ferris wheel looks sick! 😂

[@stephsjewels1523]

16:01 who else Saw The door open

[@thecrazycoaster6635]

The ghost of cga

[@jacobcote1]

it was the wind you can tell, but still kinda scary XD

[@meef1610]

Good video !

[@CoasterDash]

Amazing job 🎉

[@MrJamieBattle]

Another good coaster documentary ❤️

[@FlamerSmasherMBXCar]

Here in St. Louis we still need a Rocky Mountain Construction roller coaster the heck with tradition.

[@BackSeatJunkie]

Iron Boss ! ! ! !

[@arjunski]

Incredible Documentary!

[@chrisgardiner2215]

incredible ??

[@arjunski]

@@chrisgardiner2215 yeah, it was great! Being someone who followed the construction of this coaster pretty closely, ACE did a great job of covering the subject!

[@cryogeneric]

This coaster is a blast! On a side note, Great America needs to start thinking about replacing the Grizzly if they're not already. Topper or I-Box track version and new layout???? Hmmmmm...they could call it the Grizzly Reborn or Grizzled!

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

Or IRON GRIZZLY

[@jonathansanchez5350]

Last year in December of 2018 it was my first time on the Railblazer I was amazed of how it looked it was different and I liked that I was so nervous in line and when I went on it I was scared but I enjoyed it and I really recommend it 👍

[@aurorad7225]

So I’m going to great America in a few days and I wanna try it soooo bad but IM SOOOO SCARED about the drop

[@emmywillow6599]

If they could somehow get only lap bars.

[@coastercraziness]

“What better place than Silicon Valley?” Uh, SFFT the FIRST location of a Raptor

[@tismejaytee]

lol

[@craigperry3779]

If I had to guess railblazer was purchased first but its alot easier to build in texas vs california so WW went up first. Just a guess.

[@chevyllac091]

This guy doesn't do his full research tbh, wonder woman golden lasso was first, but in his arrow documentary, he mentioned big bad wolf as the first successful swinging coaster, when actually that was XLR-8 in Astroworld

[@ridewithace]

@@chevyllac091 No film is without inaccuracies, but we do our best to get as much right as possible given production constraints, and look to our fans to point out when we miss the mark. Thank you for being a fan and keep your eyes out for more films coming down the pipeline!

[@ridewithace]

@@craigperry3779 While this isn't something we are totally sure about, based on the interviews and research we did, this seems to be the case. Also, considering that SFFT announced Wonder Woman ahead of their usual "announce all parks at the same time video," this would also confirm that possibility. It's possible they caught wind of CGA doing an announcement on August 16 and that SFFT wanted to jump the gun on being the "world's first." No official confirmation from either side though.

[@zach_light7816]

Does anyone think that ether cedar point or kings island is gonna have the first rmc T. rex a larger version of the raptor

[@4220E]

Yup! More likely Cedar Point will

[@hypertube81]

The 70's called. They want their porno music back. Haha! Great video.

[@ridewithace]

LOL!

[@katiewennerberg210]

I believe Wonder Woman opened before this. I was at the Wonder Woman opening and I can truly say RMC couldn’t have done any better than they did. I can’t wait for more raptors to be built so more people can experience the pure insanity

[@247webgirl]

Thanks for mentioning this. I wondered why this whole thing was named after RailBlazer when Wonder Woman was first...

[@Hervinbalfour]

@@247webgirl it was first by less than thirty days. They were both being built at the same time. Railblazer would have been first at the time this documentary was made but delays in construction caused Six Flags Fiesta to premiere first.

[@brandonmeerwijk6567]

I hope there is coming one to the netherlands

[@BarryGGould]

i can't get over the simplicity of that control panel. panel power, mode select, acknowledge (aka reset lamp test), ride start lift start dispatch, restraint lock/unlock, air gates and a ride stop snd e-stop. simple. i wish the panels i used were that simple 😂😂😂😂

[@thoughts03class21]

So who’s fucking bright idea was to build the station not lifted off the ground???

[@peanutismint]

Looks awesome but gotta wonder about the throughput of an 8-rider train....

[@freundlichermensch7540]

I guess it will be around other coasters with 8 seats for example a Eurofighter. Its like 900 people/h (ofc that the theoretical capacity, when you have good operations) thats fine for a smaller park... but for a huge park large park like one of the main Six Flags.... one guy told me he waited 3hours for a ride... here in Germany people already complain about waiting more than 60 mins for a coaster like Taron.

[@VooDooMusic]

ride is short enough, i dont think it'll be too different from any other RMC (except dueling coasters, obviously)

[@lcarpetrondookmariot7620]

When I rode Railblazer at CGA they were running 1 train out of 3. It was a pain in the ass, I waited like 90 minutes. Still worth it but not pleasant at all.

[@The_Bau5]

Either I'm mistaken from going to the openings, but wasnt wonder woman golden lasso made first and this was a clone?

[@valcone42487]

I bet Cedar Point gets a record breaker Raptor track coaster in the coming years for their anniversary, maybe even the first T-Rex coaster.

[@thecrazycoaster6635]

Hi ace

[@ZoniesCoasters]

yeah on that trail blazer thing thats what my High Schools mascot is. the Frontier Trail Blazers.

[@any123-og]

How do the restraints work They look clever

[@RonaldDScum]

AnythingKid123 They’re over the shoulder vest restraints similar to some of the Intamin roller coasters just without the headrest.

[@trio8925]

AnythingKid123 They’re actually a vestment that’s actually softer than the over the shoulder restraint.

[@extremehawk0128]

Maybe they should have giant curtains that cover the construction site

[@disneywiz6840]

OMG!!! Peanut Turner commented!

[@Coastopia]

21:45 That didn't age well LMAO

[@TheGreatestBoxing7]

Lol fr

[@BackSeatJunkie]

Rail Blazer. A stand up coaster conversion from a runaway mine train coaster at Six Flags *Mid-America* St. Louis back in 1984. Was only in operation for part of the ride's first and only season. A woman fell out and was killed and the forces on the stand up cars were breaking the cars. The 1985 season saw the return of the old traditional mine train cars. Great choice in names Cedar Fair.

[@obvious2886]

It's a one of a kind, wonder women lasso coaster opens with an exact cloned layout

[@anthonyhernandez4909]

Garrett Monis wonderwoman open a month before railblazer.

[@JackVance5]

I think there's a ghost opening that door at 16:07

[@FynnFolf]

tbh the animation for railblazer is so much slower than the actual ride lol

[@ppipowerclass]

I didn't know that Monty was doing anything other than safety now. Good to know lol

[@melissanoelle410]

This ride was fun until I experienced intense hip pain towards the end. Because of the space required for the “rail” you can’t close your legs or open them because of the harness. Fun but ended up sucking really hard.

[@uhhuh6152]

then you remember that railblazer wasn’t the first single rail coaster

[@ridewithace]

They are both considered prototypes, though!

[@greeneggsandham9745]

I remember the amount of airtime on it

[@joshmcgregor8907]

Now all they need is to either make t-Rex or launching it

[@missycoaster749]

Nice :-)

[@AmbizarYT]

"There's nothing like it" Then Six Flags Fiesta Texas built Golden Lasso Coaster, a mirrored clone of Railblazer 🤣

[@The_Bau5]

Golden Lasso was opened first.... may 2018 compared to June 2018

[@charlieshoaxvideos5648]

blaze a new path.............................ride railblazer

[@askjeevescosby2928]

Cedar fair are park murderers.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

12:10 Wonder Woman golden lasso coaster who? 13:17 epilepsy warning... 21:26 and that's one of the biggest reasons I wanted to design costers, wish it wasn't a nearly impossible field to get in to..

[@pascalherr2939]

Where is the rockwork?

[@triple7marc]

All around the ride!! You interact with it during the drop and the corkscrew.

[@crashcoaster3852]

Well actually Gromit is my favourite Beagle, not Snoopy.

[@TOml0l3times]

rip red coaster

[@coastercrowd6154]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@ajtopia]

15:58 you can see a ghost opening the door

[@nathanlopez5667]

Well the park is said to be haunted

[@TheJustgetitdone330]

Love the doc!!! But please, for the love of God, stop using stock music from docs of the 70's and 80's. I thought I was back in elementary school.

[@halfaworldaway]

That, and I wish the narrator would speak more like a normal person. I feel like I'm listening to Troy McClure tell me about Rancho Relaxo.

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

the people on the ride seem to not look very comfortable though hm...

[@ridewithace]

It is a really intense ride!

[@samscott2241]

takoda

[@danescoasters7163]

9:22 void this

[@marvinlin5907]

3:47 this is 6 flags tho...

[@endlessdrive8421]

What are you talking about? that's the entrance to Flight Deck...

[@nathanlopez5667]

No but there is a Six Flags Great America

[@ryansaxe745]

Cough cough cga B&M hyper 2020

[@ridewithace]

If only... :(

[@mithramusic5909]

Saddest post on the whole video 😔

[@NickyD]

12:12 CF is lying wildwood had a single rail coaster back in the 1900's

[@GrottiCrimeFamilyHD]

Nicky D On top of that wonder woman was built first and opened first and yes they may have opened in the same year but because wonder woman open to like two months before rail blazer it makes rail blazer a clone of Wonder Woman

[@triple7marc]

@@GrottiCrimeFamilyHD That would also mean WWGLC is a clone of RailBlazer, since both Six Flags and Cedar Fair bought the Raptor from RMC and built them at generally the same time. However, it's not. The layouts are also different!!

[@GrottiCrimeFamilyHD]

Marc Weiner there completely the same the only difference between the 2 is One has a continuous station and the other one doesn’t other then that the layout is the same thing

[@triple7marc]

@@GrottiCrimeFamilyHD They're also mirrored, meaning the layouts are entirely different.

[@themeparkguy2525]

Marc Weiner Not entirely different, it’s just that the elements are flipped. Instead of going left off the lift you go right and so on

[@CBLounge2112]

Cool coaster, CRAPPY park!!!!

[@triple7marc]

That is incorrect 😉

[@Eaglescout217]

Cool Coaster. GREAT Park. Go back to your six flags that's covered in adds and hasn't been cleaned in a decade.

[@nathanlopez5667]

@@Eaglescout217 I actually wouldn't mind going to Six Flags Great America

[@Eaglescout217]

@@nathanlopez5667 magic mountain, Great America, Fiesta Texas, and Great Adventure are all park that I want to go to. In general with six flags took care of their parks more.

[@nathanlopez5667]

@@Eaglescout217 yeah me to Six Flags Magic Mountain is awesome

[@24ecko]

Coaster enthusiasts are weird

[@shawnokeefe1580]

How can you make this without mentioning Wonder Woman..seems misleading and a tad pandering.

[@GrottiCrimeFamilyHD]

shawn OKEEfe right ✅

[@triple7marc]

Possibly because it's a documentary about RailBlazer?

[@shawnokeefe1580]

First of a kind!!! Umm no 2nd of a kind..fake news

[@Eaglescout217]

@@shawnokeefe1580Cedar Fair was working on this project way before six flags. Six flags had a lot of money to push for their's to open first. Wonder Woman was built on a pond with barely any theming while Railblazer has rockwork and a unique theme.

[@StevenNeidlein]

COASTER LOOKS BORING

[@zuper1133]

You guys missed and opportunity with "the ROAD to rail blazer"

[@disneywiz6840]

The wHitE tRACk to Rail Blazer

[@triple7marc]

Nah, the slogan of the ride is "Blaze a New Path." Also, you take ATVs on paths, not roads.

[@norcalemt02]

Using the word “prototype” scares me. Look at stealth that was a prototype and it only survived 3 years. Let’s hope in 2021 the ride will stay for good.

[@bbolin5626]

norcalemt02 It’s at Carowinds now.

[@norcalemt02]

@@bbolin5626 yes I know that, I was there at Great America on the last day stealth was running.

[@Eaglescout217]

That was under Paramount and the amount of theming surrounding this ride it would not be profitable to transport to another.

[@nathanlopez5667]

@@Eaglescout217 yep Paramount really screwed up the park during last years of ownership

[@Eaglescout217]

@@nathanlopez5667 yeah they shouldn't have taken stealth out to put in a bloody water park.

[@chazzlucas6395]

RAILBLAZER ???? MORE LIKE SNAILBLAZER ! This guy is talking about single rail coasters and RMC.. I don't know what he is talking about, but go ahead and tell me about it...

[@leejohnson179]

At least this pointless trolling comment still makes more sense than your sad attempt at politics in your other comment.

[@chazzlucas6395]

@@leejohnson179 ... Yeah maybe i was a little rude... So let me know if you want the TRUTH ... Lee Johnson .. : )